Bob’s Yellow Jacket

The pictures are from the ebay ad and are the "before" pictures for this boat...I'll post the "after" when there is an "after". My plan is to basically leave it the way it is and just varnish. I would very much appreciate it if other owners want to send me advice and tips.

The story of the boat. It is a 1956 Capri with a 1957 Mercury Mark 75 "dock buster" motor...also known as the "tower of power". The motor is 60hp and was the first inline 6-cylinder. It gets its dock buster name from the fact that it has no neutral...so you need to know where you want to go, in forward or reverse, when you push the start button!

The thing I like most is its originality. It is also an all Mercury boat. In addition to the motor, it has Mercury steering and even has steel Mercury gas tank clamps that grab the bottom of each tank. There was never a windshield...I guess you are not supposed to put windshields on a "rocket".

It is a one owner boat that lived its entire life in Ontario. It was put in storage in 1971 and left there until sold as part of the owners estate. It is currently residing in Mt. Dora, FL, home of many really excellent vintage boats of all kinds and the vey popular Sunnyland ACBS classic boat show the end of March each year.

If anyone has pictures of the Capri in action, I would love to see them!

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